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{{Short description|American football coach (1949–2015)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Haney Catchings
| name = Haney Catchings
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| sport = [[American football|Football]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|1|15}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|1|15}}
| birth_place =
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|4|19|1949|1|15}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|4|19|1949|1|15}}
| death_place = [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]
| death_place = [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Alcorn State University]]
| alma_mater = [[Alcorn State University]]
| coach_years1 = 1983–1985
| coach_years1 = 1983–1985
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| coach_team9 = [[Seventy-First High School|Seventy-First HS (NC)]]
| coach_team9 = [[Seventy-First High School|Seventy-First HS (NC)]]
| coach_years10 = 2002–2006
| coach_years10 = 2002–2006
| coach_team10 = [[E.E. Smith High School|E.E. Smith HS (NC)]] (assistant)
| coach_team10 = [[E. E. Smith High School|E. E. Smith HS (NC)]] (assistant)
| coach_years11 = 2007–2008
| coach_years11 = 2007–2008
| coach_team11 = [[E.E. Smith High School|E.E. Smith HS (NC)]]
| coach_team11 = [[E. E. Smith High School|E. E. Smith HS (NC)]]
| overall_record = 19–41 (college)
| overall_record = 19–41 (college)
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====Academic accusations====
====Academic accusations====
Catchings was accused of pressuring his players to abandon their studies in favor of football. According to multiple players, Catchings "withheld textbooks and financial aid until players proved themselves on the field. For some players, it was the middle of the semester before Catchings thought them worthy of getting their books. As a result, 43 players on the 55-man roster had [[grade point average]]s below the NCAA minimum of 2.0. The players demanded that Catchings be fired.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/12/sports/sports-people-coach-under-fire.html|title=Coach Under Fire|date=February 12, 1989|work=The New York Times|accessdate=October 12, 2013}}</ref> When the administration was slow to act, the players boycotted the program.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pumVyiz86sEC&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=%22haney+catchings%22&source=web&ots=6C9ZPzj-5P&sig=tlFHlFzspkOnUs4s10MoIWUY4nc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA18,M1 |author=Rick Telander|title=The Hundred Yard Lie: The Corruption of College Football and What We Can Do to Stop It|publisher=University of Illinois Press|date=1996|isbn=0-252-06523-9|accessdate=October 12, 2013}}</ref>
Catchings was accused of pressuring his players to abandon their studies in favor of football. According to multiple players, Catchings "withheld textbooks and financial aid until players proved themselves on the field. For some players, it was the middle of the semester before Catchings thought them worthy of getting their books. As a result, 43 players on the 55-man roster had [[grade point average]]s below the NCAA minimum of 2.0. The players demanded that Catchings be fired.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/12/sports/sports-people-coach-under-fire.html|title=Coach Under Fire|date=February 12, 1989|work=The New York Times|accessdate=October 12, 2013}}</ref> When the administration was slow to act, the players boycotted the program.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pumVyiz86sEC&q=%22haney+catchings%22&pg=PA18 |author=Rick Telander|title=The Hundred Yard Lie: The Corruption of College Football and What We Can Do to Stop It|publisher=University of Illinois Press|date=1996|isbn=0-252-06523-9|accessdate=October 12, 2013}}</ref>


====Program suspension====
====Program suspension====
In May 1989, Prairie View shuttered its entire athletic program, except for track and field, due to massive financial problems. A month later, the [[Houston Chronicle]] reported that some $100,000 was missing from the athletic department's account.<ref name=SBNation>{{cite news|url=https://www.sbnation.com/2016/9/8/12803480/prairie-view-am-football-losing-streak-sturdy-program|title=How Prairie View A&M emerged from the worst losing streak ever|last=Connelly|first=Bill|publisher=[[SBNation]]|date=2016-09-08}}</ref> Eventually, Catchings was charged with filing fraudulent expense reports.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/oct/02/sports/sp-28602 |title=Losers No More |author=Chris Dufresne |date=October 2, 1998 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |accessdate=October 12, 2013 }}</ref> In 1991, he pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges related to the scam. He was sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to pay over $1,500 in fines and restitution.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910112&slug=1260185|title=Ex-Prairie View Coach Pleads Guilty To Charges|author=Associated Press|date=January 12, 1991|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|accessdate=October 12, 2013}}</ref>
In May 1989, Prairie View shuttered its entire athletic program, except for track and field, due to massive financial problems. A month later, the [[Houston Chronicle]] reported that some $100,000 was missing from the athletic department's account.<ref name=SBNation>{{cite news|url=https://www.sbnation.com/2016/9/8/12803480/prairie-view-am-football-losing-streak-sturdy-program|title=How Prairie View A&M emerged from the worst losing streak ever|last=Connelly|first=Bill|publisher=[[SBNation]]|date=2016-09-08}}</ref> Eventually, Catchings was charged with filing fraudulent expense reports.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-02-sp-28602-story.html |title=Losers No More |author=Chris Dufresne |date=October 2, 1998 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=October 12, 2013 }}</ref> In 1991, he pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges related to the scam. He was sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to pay over $1,500 in fines and restitution.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910112&slug=1260185|title=Ex-Prairie View Coach Pleads Guilty To Charges|agency=Associated Press|date=January 12, 1991|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|accessdate=October 12, 2013}}</ref>


The fallout from the fraud would hobble Prairie View for several years to come. Ahead of the team's planned return to the gridiron in 1991, school officials sent a letter to 30,000 alumni asking for donations. However, only 150 people responded--not nearly enough to fund scholarships for the football team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1007030/index.htm|title=Once Upon A Time...|author=John Ed Bradley|work=Sports Illustrated|date=August 28, 1995|accessdate=October 12, 2013}}</ref> Prairie View would go on to lose 80 consecutive games from 1989 to 1998, dating back to the final two losses of Catchings' last season--the longest [[losing streak (sports)|losing streak]] in NCAA history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0702/gallery.losingstreaks/content.10.html|title=Memorable Losing Streaks|work=SI.com|publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]]|accessdate=October 12, 2013 }}</ref> Even after breaking the losing streak in 1998, Prairie View would only win a total of 23 games over the next nine years until going 7-3 in 2007--the school's first "official" non-losing season since 1976.<ref name=SBNation/>
The fallout from the fraud would hobble Prairie View for several years to come. Ahead of the team's planned return to the gridiron in 1991, school officials sent a letter to 30,000 alumni asking for donations. However, only 150 people responded--not nearly enough to fund scholarships for the football team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1007030/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709135309/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1007030/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 9, 2009|title=Once Upon A Time...|author=John Ed Bradley|work=Sports Illustrated|date=August 28, 1995|accessdate=October 12, 2013}}</ref> Prairie View would go on to lose 80 consecutive games from 1989 to 1998, dating back to the final two losses of Catchings' last season--the longest [[losing streak (sports)|losing streak]] in NCAA history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0702/gallery.losingstreaks/content.10.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216023400/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0702/gallery.losingstreaks/content.10.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2007|title=Memorable Losing Streaks|work=SI.com|publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]]|accessdate=October 12, 2013 }}</ref> Even after breaking the losing streak in 1998, Prairie View would only win a total of 23 games over the next nine years until going 7-3 in 2007--the school's first "official" non-losing season since 1976.<ref name=SBNation/>


===Tuskegee===
===Tuskegee===
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==Head coaching record==
==Head coaching record==
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| championship =
| year = [[1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1987]]
| year = [[1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1987]]
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| name = [[1987 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team|Prairie View A&M]] {{#tag:ref|[[Conway Hayman]] was fired after a 0–3–1 start and replaced on an interim basis by Catchings who coached the last seven games.<ref name="PI 1987" /><ref name="DMN 1987" />|group="n"}}
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| year = [[1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1988]]
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| name = [[1988 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team|Prairie View A&M]]
| overall = 4–6 (5–5) {{#tag:ref|Prairie View A&M finished with a record of 5–5 (3–4 in SWAC) on the field but later had to forfeit its 20–14 win over Southern due to an ineligible player.<ref name="TA 1989" />|group="n"|name=PVAM1988}}
| overall = 4–6 (5–5) {{#tag:ref|Prairie View A&M finished with a record of 5–5 (3–4 in SWAC) on the field but later had to forfeit its 20–14 win over Southern due to an ineligible player.<ref name="TA 1989" />|group="n"|name=PVAM1988}}
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| championship =
| year = [[1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1989]]
| year = [[1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1989]]
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| name = [[1989 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team|Prairie View A&M]]
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| championship =
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| year = [[1993 NCAA Division II football season|1993]]
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| name = Tuskegee
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| overall = 3–8
| conference = 3–4 <ref name="NCAA 1993" />
| conference = 3–5 <ref name="NCAA 1993" />
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| championship =
| year = [[1994 NCAA Division II football season|1994]]
| year = [[1994 NCAA Division II football season|1994]]
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| overall = 6–5
| overall = 6–5
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| championship =
| year = [[1995 NCAA Division II football season|1995]]
| year = [[1995 NCAA Division II football season|1995]]
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| name = Tuskegee
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| overall = 2–9
| conference = 2–6 <ref name="NCAA 1995" />
| conference = 2–6 <ref name="NCAA 1995" />
| confstanding =
| confstanding = 8th
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| ranking2 = no
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==References==
==References==
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<ref name="PI 1987">{{cite news |url=http://articles.philly.com/1987-09-30/sports/26209253_1_tickets-michigan-coach-bo-schembechler-ohio-state-coach|title=Tennessee A.d. And Coach Deny Covering Up Payments|date=September 30, 1987|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="PI 1987">{{cite news |url=http://articles.philly.com/1987-09-30/sports/26209253_1_tickets-michigan-coach-bo-schembechler-ohio-state-coach|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131012080809/http://articles.philly.com/1987-09-30/sports/26209253_1_tickets-michigan-coach-bo-schembechler-ohio-state-coach|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2013|title=Tennessee A.d. And Coach Deny Covering Up Payments|date=September 30, 1987|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="DMN 1987">{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/DM/lib00377,0ED3CF634D44022B.html|title=Winless Prairie View Fires Coach|date=October 1, 1987|work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="TA 1989">{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/AD/lib00241,0EB475558004F204.html|title=PVU forfeits win over Jaguars|date=May 31, 1989|work=[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|The Advocate]]|accessdate=October 12, 2013}}</ref><ref name="TU YBY">{{cite web|url=http://athletics.tuskegee.edu/mens_sports/football/year-by-year_football_record.aspx|title=Year-by-Year Football Record|work=Tuskegee.edu|publisher=[[Tuskegee University]]|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="NCAA 1993">{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MFB2/A/Football_Men's_Division%20II_1993_720_Tuskegee%20University.pdf|title=Final 1993 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report|work=NCAA.org|publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="NCAA 1994">{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MFB2/B/Football_Men%27s_Division%20II_1994_720_Tuskegee%20University.pdf|title=Final 1994 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report|work=NCAA.org|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="NCAA 1995">{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MFB2/C/Football_Men%27s_Division%20II_1995_720_Tuskegee%20University.pdf|title=Final 1995 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report|work=NCAA.org|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref>}}
<ref name="DMN 1987">{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/DM/lib00377,0ED3CF634D44022B.html|title=Winless Prairie View Fires Coach|date=October 1, 1987|work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="TA 1989">{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/AD/lib00241,0EB475558004F204.html|title=PVU forfeits win over Jaguars|date=May 31, 1989|work=[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|The Advocate]]|accessdate=October 12, 2013}}</ref><ref name="TU YBY">{{cite web|url=http://athletics.tuskegee.edu/mens_sports/football/year-by-year_football_record.aspx|title=Year-by-Year Football Record|work=Tuskegee.edu|publisher=[[Tuskegee University]]|accessdate=October 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013142007/http://athletics.tuskegee.edu/mens_sports/football/year-by-year_football_record.aspx|archive-date=October 13, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="NCAA 1993">{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MFB2/A/Football_Men's_Division%20II_1993_720_Tuskegee%20University.pdf|title=Final 1993 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report|work=NCAA.org|publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="NCAA 1994">{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MFB2/B/Football_Men%27s_Division%20II_1994_720_Tuskegee%20University.pdf|title=Final 1994 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report|work=NCAA.org|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="NCAA 1995">{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MFB2/C/Football_Men%27s_Division%20II_1995_720_Tuskegee%20University.pdf|title=Final 1995 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report|work=NCAA.org|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref>}}


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Latest revision as of 19:17, 31 October 2024

Haney Catchings
Biographical details
Born(1949-01-15)January 15, 1949
DiedApril 19, 2015(2015-04-19) (aged 66)
Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma materAlcorn State University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1985Albany State (OC)
1986–1987Prairie View A&M (OC)
1987–1989Prairie View A&M
1990–1991Tuskegee (OC)
1992Alabama State (OC)
1993–1995Tuskegee
1996–1998Fayetteville State (OC)
1999Scotland HS (NC) (assistant)
2000–2001Seventy-First HS (NC)
2002–2006E. E. Smith HS (NC) (assistant)
2007–2008E. E. Smith HS (NC)
Head coaching record
Overall19–41 (college)

Haney Catchings (January 15, 1949 – April 19, 2015) was an American football coach. He served as head coach at Prairie View A&M University from 1987 to 1989 and at Tuskegee University from 1993 to 1995, compiling a career college football record of 19–41.

Coaching career

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Prairie View A&M

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Catchings was the 16th head football coach at Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas and held that position for three seasons, from 1987 until 1989. He initially served in an interim capacity for the final seven games of the 1987 season, taking over for Conway Hayman who was fired after a 0–3–1 start.[1][2] His overall coaching record at Prairie View was 8–19. He only put together one team with an even record, when his 1988 team finished 5–5—the once-proud program's first non-losing season in 13 years. However, the school subsequently forfeited one win over Southern due to an ineligible player.[3]

Academic accusations

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Catchings was accused of pressuring his players to abandon their studies in favor of football. According to multiple players, Catchings "withheld textbooks and financial aid until players proved themselves on the field. For some players, it was the middle of the semester before Catchings thought them worthy of getting their books. As a result, 43 players on the 55-man roster had grade point averages below the NCAA minimum of 2.0. The players demanded that Catchings be fired.[4] When the administration was slow to act, the players boycotted the program.[5]

Program suspension

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In May 1989, Prairie View shuttered its entire athletic program, except for track and field, due to massive financial problems. A month later, the Houston Chronicle reported that some $100,000 was missing from the athletic department's account.[6] Eventually, Catchings was charged with filing fraudulent expense reports.[7] In 1991, he pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges related to the scam. He was sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to pay over $1,500 in fines and restitution.[8]

The fallout from the fraud would hobble Prairie View for several years to come. Ahead of the team's planned return to the gridiron in 1991, school officials sent a letter to 30,000 alumni asking for donations. However, only 150 people responded--not nearly enough to fund scholarships for the football team.[9] Prairie View would go on to lose 80 consecutive games from 1989 to 1998, dating back to the final two losses of Catchings' last season--the longest losing streak in NCAA history.[10] Even after breaking the losing streak in 1998, Prairie View would only win a total of 23 games over the next nine years until going 7-3 in 2007--the school's first "official" non-losing season since 1976.[6]

Tuskegee

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Catchings later became the head football coach at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama. He was the 14th head coach for the Golden Tigers and held that position for three seasons, from 1993 until 1995. His coaching record at Tuskegee was 11–22.[11] Catchings died of cancer in 2015, aged 66.[12]

Head coaching record

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Prairie View A&M Panthers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (1987–1989)
1987 Prairie View A&M [n 1] 3–4 1–3
1988 Prairie View A&M 4–6 (5–5) [n 2] 2–5 (3–4) [n 2]
1989 Prairie View A&M 1–9 1–6 7th
Prairie View A&M: 8–19 (9–18) 4–14 (5–13)
Tuskegee Golden Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1993–1995)
1993 Tuskegee 3–8 3–5 [13] 7th
1994 Tuskegee 6–5 6–2 [14] 2nd
1995 Tuskegee 2–9 2–6 [15] 8th
Tuskegee: 11–22 [11] 11–13
Total: 19–41 (20–40)

Notes

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  1. ^ Conway Hayman was fired after a 0–3–1 start and replaced on an interim basis by Catchings who coached the last seven games.[1][2]
  2. ^ a b Prairie View A&M finished with a record of 5–5 (3–4 in SWAC) on the field but later had to forfeit its 20–14 win over Southern due to an ineligible player.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tennessee A.d. And Coach Deny Covering Up Payments". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 30, 1987. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Winless Prairie View Fires Coach". The Dallas Morning News. October 1, 1987. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "PVU forfeits win over Jaguars". The Advocate. May 31, 1989. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  4. ^ "Coach Under Fire". The New York Times. February 12, 1989. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  5. ^ Rick Telander (1996). The Hundred Yard Lie: The Corruption of College Football and What We Can Do to Stop It. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06523-9. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Connelly, Bill (September 8, 2016). "How Prairie View A&M emerged from the worst losing streak ever". SBNation.
  7. ^ Chris Dufresne (October 2, 1998). "Losers No More". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  8. ^ "Ex-Prairie View Coach Pleads Guilty To Charges". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. January 12, 1991. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  9. ^ John Ed Bradley (August 28, 1995). "Once Upon A Time..." Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on July 9, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  10. ^ "Memorable Losing Streaks". SI.com. Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on February 16, 2007. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Year-by-Year Football Record". Tuskegee.edu. Tuskegee University. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
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